Also known as a publisher, the affiliate can be either an individual or a company that markets the seller’s product in an appealing way to potential consumers. In other words, the affiliate promotes the product to persuade consumers that it is valuable or beneficial to them and convince them to purchase the product. If the consumer does end up buying the product, the affiliate receives a portion of the revenue made.
Affiliate programs are arrangements where an online merchant that’s selling products pays an affiliate website a commission for any sales generated from their referral traffic. The affiliate website places affiliate links pointing to the merchant’s site to track transactions. Each agreement between an affiliate and a merchant features the commission structure and payout information.
Hello, Jerry so good to read your post as usual. I always look at your work and I am amazed at how professional and well detailed your work is. You are right with what you said about affiliate marketing and I feel the same way too. This is a great way to work for yourself and live life on your own terms. You have a ton of awesome information that will inspire your readers.
Ahmad, Great post and great information. I have some more specific questions for you relating to my personal company and how affiliate programs can tie into it. Is there a chance we could talk sometime soon? I think you may have the answers to several of my questions on whether affiliate marketing is what I am looking for or not. And if it’s not what I am looking for I think you can direct me in the direction I need to go.
Hi Ray, thank you for your help the other day, I’m making a progress slowly but nicely. But I just read this publication and now I really understood why you didn’t recommend me to try a traffic selling business. It all makes sense now! It’s not only difficult to set up but too many problems by products and people. If they report me as a spammer I won’t be able to grow as an online marketer any longer. I really see what you mean.
Once your hosting is set up, you need to install a content management system (CMS) for your site. We recommend WordPress because it is easy to use and a beginner (like you!) can quite quickly figure out how it works. Most good hosting providers will have a one-click install option for WordPress, which means it will only take you a couple of minutes and you will have WordPress installed on your site.
You need to cover a subject that people are interested in. Platforms such as Facebook allow you to create Pages on which you can cover various topics. Let’s say, as an example, that you are interested in Science Fiction novels. You can talk about that on your normal Facebook Profile. You can even join Amazon Associates and begin promoting Science Fiction books to your friends and family. But, how many are going to buy anything? Well, not many. What you need to do is to create an audience that is composed of people who share the same interests. Using the above example, you can go to Facebook and create a Sci-Fi Lovers page. You can call your page whatever you want. From there, you then need to promote your page to make sure that you get a lot of people following it. Once you have increased your following to thousands, you can then begin promoting Sci-Fi books from Amazon using your affiliate links.
Be sure to check what kind of customer support you can expect from your affiliate program once you have signed up. Do your research online and if possible, speak to other sellers using the program to get their thoughts. Can you speak to someone via phone or Skype or do you have to wait 72 hours for email responses? Be clear on this because trust me, you will need support at one point or another.
Hi Dexter, I like exploring a lot of web tools and investment opportunities so I do spend a lot of time surfing the net, and I consider it as part of the…job maybe? I guess if I start to stay away from my laptop for longer hours, then I’ll take less information then, I’ll have less blogging ideas, perhaps. It’s hard to say. The main thing is to enjoy it, of course! Any more questions don’t hesitate to get back to me. Thanks for your comment!
You can put up banners on your site, to promote your affiliate offers. Most affiliate programs will usually provide their own creatives when you sign up for their offers. All you have to do is insert the banner on a highly trafficked page (your affiliate tracking is usually embedded within the code). Banner ads in the right locations can do a great job of driving sales.

Again, I need to repeat that article is aimed at explaining affiliate marketing for the benefit of beginners. If you have been researching affiliate marketing, then it’s definite that you are looking to make money. Perhaps you are a stay at home mom or a single mom looking to supplement your income. Anyway, one of the things that will be of interest to you is that there are two types of payment when it comes to affiliate marketing. These are recurring payments and once off payments.

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Hi Fergus, there may be a lot to learn but you don’t have to try to take everything in so quickly. In fact many people are overwhelmed by the availability of information. You can just start a simple blogging platform and gradually build it as you learn, then the amount of affiliate commissions will gradually scale up accordingly. You might want to start considering it too. Any questions don’t hesitate to get back to me. Thanks for your comment!

Hey Denise, you can always sign up with the same domain name if you’d like. As long as you have the affiliate link, you add it anywhere with one account. However, it’s a good idea to let the affiliate manager know every domain that you own, as getting approved regularly requires that they know the websites that will be sending them traffic. I hope that helps!

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Join affiliate programs: As your audience grows, you can begin joining affiliate programs. One thing that I need to mention as part of this affiliate marketing for beginners article is that you don’t need to join all the affiliate marketing programs that are out there. What I like to do is to join programs that I have previously used. Of course this is not a prerequisite but doing so is helpful in that even as I blog, I am very aware of what I am talking about. And my readers can actually tell that this is not an article that was written by someone off a company’s website, but one that was written by a user of a particular product. I have already noted that I use Shopper Approved for online reviews. I am also an affiliate for this company. And the content that I have produced on the subject is in-depth and contains relevant examples. As a result, I have been very successful in my affiliate marketing efforts for this company.
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